“We just wanted to say an absolute MASSIVE thank you for last Saturday. So many people have said that it was the best wedding ceremony and that was down to you!“

“I am a traditionalist. I wasn’t sure if I would like a ceremony that had no church robes and so forth. But as soon as you started the ceremony I completely forgot all of that. It was the most meaningful wedding I have ever been to.”

“We have to book you NOW to do the weddings of our daughters!”

Here are some of the comments sent to the Institute of Civil Funerals about the ceremonies that I have taken in 2017. The feedback is anonymous and people can write what they like.

“Jeremy Pemberton was an absolute joy. Having organised several family funerals in the past through various churches I was expecting a similar level of insincere chit chat and a generic service. This certainly was not the case and I will 100% recommend a civil funeral, and also Jeremy, in the future. He took the time to get to know about my father and his family and the service that he created was absolutely perfect. He really is a true credit and ambassador for such ceremonies.”

“From the moment I opened the door to Jeremy I felt comfortable with him and confident that he would do a great job. I had pretty firm ideas about what I wanted, and Jeremy exceeded all my expectations. I really believe that Jeremy could not have been better and I cannot praise him highly enough.”

“I cannot praise Jeremy enough; from the initial phone call contact until the funeral he was excellent, his text struck the right balance of fact, stories, reflection and pauses so that we felt Dad was beautifully represented and celebrated. It was the first civil funeral in our family and everyone without exception said it was perfect for Dad and how excellent Jeremy was.”

“Jeremy fitted in all the music we wanted as my brother was a very keen musician, and this was done completely as we had envisaged it and all his musician friends told me how we had done my brother proud – in no small measure due to Jeremy’s professionalism and sensitive handling of the whole celebration of B’s life.”